150 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost of keeping a patient in the Sacred Heart Hospital in Castlebar, County Mayo for a week, giving a complete breakdown of the costs. [5959/02]

The information requested by the Deputy could not be provided by the Western Health Board in the time available. The chief executive officer of the board has been asked by my Department to collate the relevant details and to forward them to the Deputy, as a matter of urgency.